The blackoutt has affected some of the nation's oil refineries (even
though they are often powered by separate generator plants). Maduro himself said this evening's blackout cause was "strange," hinting at "sabotage" and not caused by excess demand (since the same substation that was sabotaged in September has failed).
Perhaps it is time to spend what little discretionary reserves the
nation has left on infrastructure instead of Samsung trinkets and
military bonuses to keep the people at bay.